COIL Champions
COIL Champions are faculty leaders who have successfully implemented Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) projects into their courses and now mentor others in developing their own. They play a vital role in expanding ECU’s global and teaching community by sharing their expertise, offering guidance, and helping new instructors build confidence in integrating COIL modules into their courses.
What COIL Champions Do
- Serve as peer mentors for faculty beginning their COIL journey.
- Act as sounding boards and share constructive input and practical insights.
- Lead or assist with workshops, and information sessions.
- Promote COIL within their colleges and ECU more broadly.
- Foster a supportive network of collaboration across departments and colleges.
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Meet ECU’s COIL Champions!
Sachiyo Shearman
School of Communication
The VE/COIL project enhances my courses since my students are not only learning from the textbook and lectures, but also from their actual engagement and collaboration with their international classmates.
Chia Jung (Ruby) Yeh
Human Development & Family Science
COIL enhanced my course by giving students first-hand, eye-opening, and fun chances to communicate with international peers and explore diverse perspectives, practices, and values in early childhood care.
Christy Rhodes
Adult Education
Through COIL, my students learn about teaching practices and educational theories from different perspectives, which helps them better understand the role of intercultural competence to effective teaching.
Laura Levi Altstaedter
Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
The COIL experience enriched my course by giving students a unique opportunity to learn with and from international peers. Through student-led class presentations —each shaped by the students’ own cultural contexts—participants were able to compare and contrast perspectives on a shared theme. In addition, collaborating across borders on a culminating project and showcase allowed students to build meaningful intercultural relationships while producing work that reflected their collective insights.
Become a COIL Champion
If you are an experienced COIL instructor and want to help others integrate COIL into their courses, consider applying to become a COIL Champion. The role requires approximately 20 hours per semester and provides a small stipend. For more information contact virtualexchange@ecu.edu.